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Portfolio
Sebastian Ailert
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
e.l.e Architects
South East University
Presentation
I am a Swedish architect with a completed Bachelor of
Architecture from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm. I have also studied an exchange semester at the
South East University in Nanjing and worked for e.l.e archi-
tects in Stockholm for 5 months.
In this portfolio I will present a selection of the subjects
that have interested me, and the projects I have worked
with.
During my three years at University and afterwards I have
tried to explore different themes and approaches towards
architecture. I prefer to focus on the more fundamental and
difficult questions of our profession. I often work with a
strong, narrow concept that I try to take far.
Installation in Shishanxia village,
Jiangsu province, China, master.
My main design course at South East
University took place in a rural
village a couple of hours from Nanjing.
The village is being developed into a
major tourist attraction as part of a
government initiative. Our task was to
create an installation meant to be built,
with a strong connection to the village
and using local objects as inspiration.
Our process included several visits to
the village where we documented the
architecture, objects and people through
photography, filming, interviews,
mappings and more.
The village has developed very slowly
over 1000 years. Up until just recently
the villagers was living in similar
structures as their ancestors and doing
the same type of farm work. The velocity
of change is now speeding up immensely
due to globalization, urbanisation and
tourism. We feel that this also reflects
what is happening in China as a whole.
Villagers in Shishanxia are asked to move
to a new development just outside the
current village where they will now get
modern amenities that most of us already
take for granted. Their old houses will
be redeveloped into hotels and farmers
restaurants.
We wanted to work with the main theme of
time, change and disappearance and by
doing so let the installation reflect on
what’s happening in the village.
After a long research phase I and my
partner settled on a type of structure
to guide villagers and tourists through
a small grove and towards the fields,
bringing them closer to nature. The
inspiration comes from the vernacular
brick houses in the village and the
layout of the installation closely
follows the nature by highlighting the
spaces already created by the trees.
The installation contains several aspects
of time, change and disappearance. It
rises is some parts and lowers in others.
It is also layered, just like history is
usually layered in the soil, using a
proportion we found in the facades of the
houses in the village.
Along the wall a number of activities
take place. It might be something small
like an extruding brick or a group of
perforated bricks, or something larger
like a bench or a bed. Some of the
activities are formed using both the brick
wall and a secondary structure made from
wood. The brick is permanent while the
wood is only temporary. In time the wood
will disappear, changing the installation
and causing it to be reborn.
Seat, standard quality wood, untreated 40*20 mm
Hard wood “nail”, assembled with glue in drilled holes, 40*10 mm
Structure, standard quality wood, untreated 40*20 mm
Standard brick 240*117*53
Mortar about 6 mm, light grey
Detail 1:5
Soil
Mortar about 6 mm, light grey
Gravel about 200 mm deep
Standard brick 240*117*53 mm, base layers as needed dependant on the height of the wall
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Detail 1:5
Detail 1:5
Standard brick 240*117*53 mm
Mortar about 6 mm, light grey
Standard quality wood, untreated 40*40 mm
Barked branches, cut in semi-circles, 100*40 mm
Hard wood “nail”, assembled with glue in drilled holes, 60*15 mm
Soil
Country cottage, year 2
I started this project with the idea of a small room inside a larger. The inner room would be compact and heavy, and the larger would be spacious and generous.
There is a theory that dwelling answers two of our most basic needs. One is pro-tection and the other is outlook. I linked this to my idea of two different rooms and explored how a simple dwelling could be designed if you chose to let the two rooms fulfill the two different needs.
This led me to the concept of duality which is about two separate phenomena complementing each other and forming a composed whole. I developed the idea of two rooms by introducing a number of conceptual pairs.
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In the closed part made of massive con-crete all the basic needs such as sleep, food and hygiene are taken care of. As long as you keep the fire burning at day-time the thermal mass of the concrete wall will keep the climate inside constant. There are no windows but in the morning the sun will find its way in through the door opening.
Just outside the inner room there is a more exposed place to sleep in the wooden structure. There are windows here, but they are placed high up on the wall to let light in without the possibility to look out. The room is poorly insulated with thin walls and you can feel the outer climate.
Around the corner is the entrance, after that a place for cooking with large win-dows in what is the most accessible and open room. Coming up a concrete stair you arrive at a loft with outlooks in the form of horizontal windows in all directions.
Relocation of a House for the elderly,
e.l.e architects
In a late-modernist neighbourhood on the
outskirts of Stockholm we were asked to
relocate a house for the elderly within
an existing building. The first step was
a very detailed analysis of the needs of
the practise which I did in close
communication with the users.
In the second phase I made a number of
suggestions of the layout of the program
in different parts of the large building
before we finally settled on a specific
location. Afterwards I further developed
the exact placing of each function.
Within the very clear limitations that
the existing structure gave I was able to
group the connecting functions together
and also scale down the size of the
program according to the clients request.
This house for the elderly has a
generous communal program with doctors’
office, gymnasium, recreation area etc.
These functions are mostly distributed in
the low part of the building connecting
the towers.
The residential function is situated in
small and simple but well-made
modernist apartments. The project also
involved some reorganizing of this space
where every floor is given communal
spaces for meals and recreation. I also
made suggestions for a refurbishment of
the apartments which will keep their
modernist character and qualities while
upgrading the necessary parts, all within
a small budget.
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GemensamtBostäder
Gemensamt Typlägenhet
Personal
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Typrumsbeskrivning TvåaOmfattar lgh 0090, 0121, 0131, 0141.
Rum 18,0 m2
G: Ny linoleummattaS: Målas omV: Målas omT: Målas omFönstersnickerier målas omNy dörr 910 mm tas upp till kök
RWC 4,2 m2
G: Ny halksäker våtrumsmattaS: Uppvikt mattaV: Målas omT: Målas omToalettstol flyttas 720 mmHandfat flyttas 240 mmInklädnad av av avloppsrör i våtrumsgips
Kök 7,5 m2
G: Ny linoleummattaS: Målas omV: Målas omT: Målas omSnickerier bevaras, ommålas och kompletterasVitvaror byts ut
Kapprum 10,4 m2
Delas av med två nya innerväggar 1800 mmG: Ny linoleummattaS: Målas omV: Målas omT: Målas omDörr mot kök sätts igenTvå nya dörrar 910 mm tas upp mot korridorGarderober mot korridor rivsNya fasta garderober 1800 mm
Sovrum 13,1 m2 (Tvättrum)
G: Ny halksäker plastmattaS: Målas omV: Målas omT: Målas omTvå nya tvättmaskinerNy torktumlareNytt torkskåpNya skåpsnickerier 2500 mm
Typrumsbeskrivning MatrumOmfattar lgh 0088, 0128, 0138, 0148.
Rum 21,3 m2 (Matrum)
G: Ny linoleummattaS: Målas omV: Målas omT: Målas omFönstersnickerier målas omFönsterband 2800*1500 mm tas upp mot korridor
Kapprum 4,5 m2
Innervägg rivsGarderober rivsG: Ny linoleummattaS: Målas omV: Målas omT: Målas om
RWC 4,3 m2
Våtrumsinredning rivsVägg mot kök rivsUtfyllnad av stamvägg 1800*90 mmS: Ny sockel läggs in och målasG: Ny halksäker plastmattaV: Målas omT: Målas om
Kök 7,6 m2 (Uppvärmningskök)
Befintlig köksuppställning rives (bevara snickerier i möjligaste mån)Nytt kök 5200 mm. Kyl/frys, spis, diskbänk, diskmaskin, skåpssnickerierG: Ny halksäker plastmattaS: Målas omV: Målas omT: Målas omFönstersnickerier målas om
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Gemensamt Behandling
Kontor
Cirkulation för bostadsdel
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Transformation in Tyresö year 3
I my bachelor project I wanted to
further explore what a transformation is,
and what it can be. I also wanted to
develop a strategy for how you could work
with transformations. I defined transfor-
mation as to taking an existing building
and imposing a new program that creates a
new reality.
The most important aspect for me regard-
ing transformations is about defining
the qualities that exists in a building,
bringing them with me and expanding them
within the new program, instead of creat-
ing entirely different qualities. These
are things like area, volume, lighting,
materiality and details. Like the cast-
concrete staircases and the very special
windows in this building. This is the
very idea and purpose behind transfor-
mations, because the qualities that are
kept relates to the history and carries
and preserves memories and identities.
They create continuity in the story of
the building.
Plan 3 Behållna boenden 1-300
Plan 4 Behållna boenden
Plan 3 Skapade boenden 1-300
Plan 4 Skapade boenden
In any transformation significant con-
flicts arise because the new program
demands qualities that the building is
lacking. How you choose to solve these
conflicts is the most critical and
difficult in any transformation.
I make the transformation in two steps.
The first step is about defining as many
values as possible and trying to bring
them in to the new program while somewhat
overlook the whole. To keep the quali-
ties intact I have preserved as much of
the existing building mass as possible
and just added some walls to separate the
new apartments. The results is very pecu-
liar dwellings, many of them have their
own entrances, expands over two stories
and have natural light coming from two
directions.
When these kept dwellings is defined
difficult conflicts arises. This is also
what makes transformations so interest-
ing. The areas that remain after I have
laid out these kept dwellings are hard to
create good housing from. I believe it’s
important that the additions which are
part of any transformation relates to the
building that has been. Otherwise there
is a great risk that the qualities that
before was part of the building will be
destroyed. Relation for me is about the
new taking up aspects such as spatial and
structural concepts, form or materiality.
The existing courtyards in the building
are used poorly today. Courtyards are how-
ever an amazing thing. Besides from sun-
light they also pull shadow, rain, snow,
sounds, vegetation, bugs and birds deep
into a buildings volume. For this reason
I have chosen to expand the courtyards
that are already there by adding some
more. In and around the school there are
also several cast-concrete stairs. To
allow better accessibility throughout the
building I have added more stairs of the
same type.
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A well performed transformation creates
conditions for new demands, while keeping
the most important qualities in a build-
ing and adding to the identity instead of
destroying it.
My strategy for transformations in two
steps is to first bring some particular
qualities into the new program while over-
looking the building as a whole. After-
wards I create an addition that relates to
the existing building while solving the
conflicts that arises in transformations.
The result in this case is housing which
are very particular compared to housing
that are normally built today. These are
not typical flats but have areas,
volumes, details and other qualities that
newly built housing rarely have.
Interior office design, e.l.e. architects
In this project we were asked to transform
a very basic space to a homely office with
inspiration from 50’s rockabilly culture,
while keeping it simple and classy. I
worked closely together with the archi-
tect in charge to develop the concept
while putting our own touch on it.
Among my tasks was to produce specific
products such as floors etc., designing
the entrance, bathrooms and kitchen. I
produced several slightly different
concepts for the continuing dialog with
the client.
Throughout the process we also had to
convince the landlord to do a transfor-
mation that was much more extensive and
personal than what they usually did.
Everyone involved became very satisfied
with the end result, the landlord is now
using this office space as an example for
possible renters to show what is possible
within the buildings limits.
Interior design, e.l.e. architects
Among my tasks at e.l.e was to quickly
develop a number of concepts for the
interior design of offices spaces.
The upper design shows an entrance and
showroom for a company specialising in
facades. The two walls act as exhibition
spaces for showing various designs in full
scale. The simple concrete floor reflects
the tough atmosphere in this area while
the offices for the reception staff have
a soft wool carpet for stark contrast. I
also drew a reception desk which they can
build themselves using similar techniques
to that of a facade.
The lower design shows the entrance to a
small office space. Visitors would
previously enter directly into the office
kitchen. I used prominent wallpaper
together with some 60’s inspired design
to try to create a clearly separated space
in this very limited area.
End-stage drawings, e.l.e architects
Because of the relatively small size of
the projects at our office I had the
opportunity to work in all of the design
phases.
This was a project for a new health
centre, also situated in an existing
building we had worked a lot with
previously. My responsibilities included
developing the end-stage drawings in
collaboration with the client and
carpenter in charge at the site. Among
other tasks I ensured that the correct
walls and doors were prescribed, meeting
the high demands of the health centre in
regards to fire and noise.
Documentation of Hebron, post BA
I spent three weeks as a volunteer in
Palestine in a collaboration between
Architecture Without Borders and Hebron
Rehabilitation Committee (HRC). Hebron
is divided in two zones where Palestin-
ian authorities controls one and the
Israel Defense Forces the other. This has
its background in the history of a city
filled with conflicts. The division is
enforced through a number of structures
such as roadblocks and watchtowers, along
with heavily armed military personell.
The Israeli zone now encompasses a num-
ber of settlements (marked in red) which
are situated right in Hebrons historic
old city. HRC works with rehabilitation
of this area with its history dating back
5000 year. Part of this work is a thorough
documentation including both measur-
ing the urban fabric using laser and
advanced photo documentation in 3d using
Agisoft Photoscan.
Because the Palestinians are denied access
to the Israeli area I together with some
fellow students helped with the documentation
of the streets marked in blue. The techniques
we learnt are especially valuable when work-
ing with restorations and transformations.
The time I spent there also gave me a greater
understanding of both complex historic
architecture and urban planning, and the
special role and symbolic meaning of
architecture in areas of conflict.
Norrköpings inner harbor, year 3
This was a weeklong project were I made a
short film about the inner harbor in my
home town.
The area is characterized by the handling
of cargo even though this activity has
moved further from the city towards the
sea. There are plans for a transformation
of the area into residential. In documents
provided by the municipality one can read
about their intention to preserve some of
the areas character. I understand this
as part of a strong trend in many parts
of the world to keep the character when
industrial areas are being converted.
One of the purposes of the film was to
examine the inner harbors architectural
character while at the same time prob-
lematizing the term. If we overlook all
the people and businesses that normally
affect an areas character we are left
with mostly structures. The area consists
of a few small brick buildings but the
absolutely dominating is raw functional
superstructures belonging to the cargo
industry.
Together with a wall for graffiti, piles
of coal and the cargo ships it is these
structures that create the areas char-
acter for me. Is it these elements that
should be preserved to keep some of the
areas character?
Project for a chair, year 2
In this project I wanted to work in full
scale, even in something as simple as a
chair. I also wanted to deeper explore
wood as a material. The form is about
creating a purity that also becomes slen-
derness in the chair. It is not very com-
fortable; instead the user is forced to
sit up properly. The chair is constructed
entirely in elm wood without using any
metal; all the joints are made with holes,
pins and glue.
Industrial cemetery in Solna, year 3
In this urban design project we worked
in a group with Hagalund industrial area
which is situated just next to Solnavägen
between Vasastan and Solna centrum just
outside the inner city of Stockholm.
The industrial area was developed about
one hundred years ago and today it is an
area with very mixed usage; consisting
of everything from industrial buildings
to offices, a high school and an indoor
climbing wall. Housing is not allowed
according to the areas zoning laws.
We were in contact with the owners of
the properties and users in the area and
got a strong impression that the area
soon will be developed into something
completely different, probably a residen-
tial area considering the great location.
This would mean thorough demolitions and
a complete shift in the areas architec-
tural character.
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With this background information we pro-
posed a radically different development.
Our concept was to transform the area
into an industrial cemetery, a completely
new typology. By gradually dismiss all
tenants and owners and conserving all the
existing structures we created a combined
cemetery, museum and park which would
represent all the industrial areas that
where ones abundant in the inner city of
Stockholm.
The area would be shielded off with a
wall to indicate that within there is an
entirely different type of city. Just as
the cemetery that is neighboring the in-
dustrial area is sealed off. Hired care-
takers would handle the buildings and the
surrounding environment to prevent decay.
Everything inside and outside the build-
ing would be removed; cars, signs and
furniture. Instead new lightning together
with a concrete elevated pathway would be
inserted inside all the buildings. The
pathway will open up the buildings that
before were closed for the public while
also indicating were you can move and
emphasizing that the buildings now should
be considered solitary objects that are
only meant to be admired from a distance.
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